A Really Great Job Offer if you're interested.
Ok, I know this is SPAM and I don't want to turn this into a debate about Offshoring or H1B's - I've pissed enough people off by saying that I think legal immigration is good for the industry and that there's something really hypocritical about a country that makes it VERY easy for one set of people to come in here illegally (or undocumentedly) while we make it next to impossible for another group. I have too many friends from India that were EXPLOITED, and I Mean EXPLOITED, by the guys holding their H1Bs. When I say exploited, I don't mean Exploited as in the Electronic Arts allegations. I mean exploited like Making them come over and clean their houses, be bartenders at parties, viciously insult their spouses in front of people at parties and stuff like that. But out immigration system breeds that b/c the folks holding the visas have tremendous control over the people with the visa. And there are definitely some that pull stuff like “Well, I knwo you spent all the money you had to bring you and your family here and I know it would be devastating for you to go back to India after you spent all this money, but you can either clean my car, or pack your bags). Suffice to say that this is a serious subject and people tend to get mad about it - and I can certainly understand why. Thanks to legal immigration, the US has gotten Sahil 'El Maliko' Malik and so many other wonderful folks that I personally, can only be 100% supportive of it, I just wish it was easier for folks like them to come over.
But this post was intended to be filed under Humor and I don't want it turning serious. I got this email this morning:
Hi,
We are an India Based Limited Organization and doing business with U.S and European clients since last over 5 years successfully. The main areas of activities are :
2) PHP/ MySQL based development.
3) JSP/ Servlets/ Java programming using the J2EE model
4) Graphic Art & Designing
5) Pre/ post sales web/email based customer support (Including Technical Support)
We can send you a brief powerpoint presentation to show our Technical Capabilities and about all of our product portfolio(s). At this time we are charging US$7/Manhour from our existing buyers who have hired people in various departments here and we have fully organized daily reporting system directly from the hired engineers/designers.
Do let us know, if this is of interest to you OR may you require further information.
Regards,
Quantum Coders Limited.
P.S. This is a promotional mail and if you find this mail unsolicited, please inform us at remove@qclnet.com and we will take care that you do not receive any further promotional mail.
And this is dead serious. They even have a decent web site. $7.00/hr. Now, I'm as much of a free market nut as anyone. I HATE minimum wage, Unions and all that crap. But $7.00/hr for a .NET Developer. Ouch.